the loss of relationship together with increase of ‘the loner’ in collectivist south korea
A number that is growing of Korean millennials cannot afford or is not troubled up to now.
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Photography: Nina Ahn
It’s a rainy afternoon in Seoul, the South Korean money. At a woodsy-meets-minimalist, Scandinavian cafe that is design-influenced the center associated with town, tables are full of well-dressed clients chatting leisurely over glasses of flat whites and cups of grapefruit-infused lemonade.
At one dining table, four women can be chatting about their marriages and families – talking about the range of hagwons, or cram schools, kids attend.
Another team, composed of two unmarried females and a guy, are deeply in conversation about wedding and their fantasy weddings. “How long have you been along with your girlfriend?” one girl asks the person. “You two better get married quickly,” one other follows. (mais…)